Pulire, the Italian professional cleaning exhibition which took place in Verona recently, attracted just over 12,000 visitors according to the organiser. This represents an increase of 18.2 per cent compared to the last show two years ago.

Foreign visitors accounted for 24.7 per cent of this figure, with 74.3 per cent of them coming from the rest

A new study finds that thorough hand washing is being carried out by only five per cent of us after using the washroom.

Up to 20 per cent of people do not use soap and only five per cent wash their hands for the 15 seconds or more recommended by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And one in ten washroom users bypasses the wash

The judging panel for the CMS Purus Awards have announced a list of 16 finalists. The winners will be presented with their awards on the opening day of the CMS exhibition, which takes place in Berlin from September 24-27.

A total of 47 entries were submitted over five categories and judged according to their design elements: functionality, user

In the long running legal dispute between cleaning machine manufacturers Tennant and Kärcher, the Stuttgart Regional Court - which is local to the Kärcher HQ - has ruled that advertising claims by Tennant regarding its ec-H2O technology are misleading.

The basis of the lawsuits brought in Germany, Belgium and the UK is a number of